<p>Quite remarkable for ten undergraduates students/alumni to be receiving Fulbrights in one year. Eight are graduate students.</p>
<p>*Undergrad Summaries: *
Laila Ameri will travel to Jordan to study how tribal leaders’ attitudes toward female education influence families. Ameri earned her bachelor’s degree in international studies from the Krieger School in May.</p>
<p>Natalie Baer will travel to Beijing to study its domestic organic food market from seed to farm to table through research at China Agricultural University and by conducting on-the-ground interviews at farms and organic grocery stores. Baer earned her bachelor’s degree in international studies from the Krieger School in 2008 and anticipates completing course work toward her master’s degree in applied economics from the Krieger School in December.</p>
<p>In Rabat, Morocco, Brittany Bland will study the cultural and social factors preventing sub-Saharan immigrants, particularly women, from seeking medical care for tuberculosis. Bland earned a bachelor’s degree in public health studies from the Krieger School in May.</p>
<p>While in Ecuador as a Fulbright English teaching assistant, Valerie Caldas plans to continue her exploration of conservation and how, “when coupled with sustainable development, it can protect threatened ecosystems and help people on the lower end of the socioeconomic gap,” she said. Caldas earned a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the Krieger School in 2009.</p>
<p>David Chang will be in South Korea as a Fulbright English teaching assistant at the secondary level. “English has become a must-learn language in Korea,” Chang said. “As a student who is fluent in both Korean and English, I want to take a creative approach in making learning English fun and exciting.” Chang earned a bachelor’s degree in public health studies from the Krieger School in May.</p>
<p>Debalina De will travel to India to study the epidemiology and subsequent clinical outcome of children diagnosed with tuberculosis. De earned her bachelor’s degree in public health studies from the Krieger School in May.</p>
<p>Aaron Levy-Forsythe will travel to Kazakhstan as an English teaching assistant. “Not only will I be teaching the English language, but I may be the first American that my students meet. It is a great responsibility to serve as my students’ introduction to the United States,” said Levy-Forsythe, who earned his bachelor’s degree in French from the Krieger School in 2006. “At the same time, they will be helping me to learn Russian and Kazakh, and to get acquainted with the diverse cultures in Kazakhstan.”</p>
<p>Victoria Ayano Ogawa will visit Kaohsiung, Taiwan, as an English teaching assistant at the elementary school level. “Though learning a foreign language may initially seem impossible, I want to help students feel that it is exhilarating, logical and empowering,” said Ogawa, who earned a bachelor’s degree in public health studies from the Krieger School in May.</p>
<p>In Syria, Abigail Tonge will conduct a comparative study of the effectiveness of two microfinance programs—the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East, and the Fund for Integrated Rural Development of Syria. She earned her bachelor’s degree in international studies from the Krieger School in May.</p>
<p>Nian Verzosa will teach English to college students at Yersin University of Da Lat in Vietnam. Verzosa will also be conducting a research project on ethnic minorities’ perceptions of health, spirituality and well-being, and studying how traditional medicine is still practiced in their communities. Verzosa earned a bachelor’s degree in public health studies from the Krieger School in 2009.</p>
<p>A doctoral candidate in Anthropology in the Krieger School, Marieke Wilson will visit southwestern Nigeria, where she’ll study evangelical filmmaking and how it helps fashion Christian subjects. “By looking at the circulation of evangelical films as commodities, I also wish to examine the constitution of a transnational community of sentiment bound by a commitment to salvation,” she said. Wilson earned her bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the Krieger School in 2005.</p>